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ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT.Irwis, Gunnison Co., Colorado.*» BAM PLB COPIES SENT FOR POSTAL CAli IS.rrr-“-. _99* The rate* fur local notices will l»e twenty-five#entA» line for the first insertion ami fifteen cents afor each subsequent iiucrti >n, and from tW* rateswill not deviate.THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1880.Business isThe gold strike did it.The voice of the keno man is hushed.Overcoats and blankets are in demand.A party sues before Pardessus whenhe goes into the police court.It is safer to kill a inan in Gunnison county than to steal a horse.Another stock of job papers, cardboard, etc., just received at this office, jC. K. Smith says that the countyseat will be moved to Crested Buttenext year.The Pitkin Independent says “ come 1on and pay your subscriptions in •wood.” This wouldn’t do us.More freight came into town this;week than at any other same period of-]time in the history of the camp.Yesterday. Sept, ist, was ushered inwith a snow storm, and the tenderfoot turned pale and grew much afraid.The festive mountain fly turnethpale these mornings; he also turnethup Ins toes. Don’t you blow it about. |We understand that W. P. Rose’s’claims at Spring Creek look very Ipromising. We wish friend Rose jgood lack. jThere will be services in the Presbyterian church, 'l'enth street. Sun-!day the sth ult. Preaching by the Ipastor. Sunday School at 2:30 p. ni. jThe High Brothers, who, until last jMonday, carried on a cigar and to-!bacco store on ‘ the corner of Ninthand Ave. E, remembered the Pilot ;with a box of cigars when they soldout.Mr. Joe Selig has fitted a very hand- :some bar in the front part of his wholesale liquor house. Erve Franciscusiis associated with him, and presides!behind the bar, where he is always \pleased to meet his old” friends.IH. Schultz, who is a practical watch!maker and jeweler, has one of the jfinest stocks cf jewelry in the county,!and any one wishing anything in hisline will do well to call and see him,;as all of his work is guaranteed.Thompson & Fuller have receiveda burglar and fire proof safe. Leenow has a safe place iur his papers,!stimulants and old overshoes, and donthave to spend his time interviewing ithe Judge whenever something is 1missing about the cabin.J. T. Stevens, .contractor, . is about icompleting Charley Brands new storeon the corner of E avenue and Ninth 'street. This building is a model of;workmanship, and much credit reflects'on Mr. Stevens, as it will be one of;the best constructed building in town.If you want to deal with pleasant, ;honest, enterprising and liberal gen-1tlemen, deal with the men who ad- jvertise in the Pilot— they are thejmen who are making the camp. The !man who don’t advertise you willfind penurious, mean, oldfogy, and a detriment rather thana help to any town*A club has been formed in-Crested!Butte, to be known as the T.azv Chib.Harold Fay was chosen president andS. C. Maultby as v ice-p, camera. JimStearns was chosen secretary, withJack Caddon, treasurer. C. G. Cutter;was made an honorary member, andC. K. Smith and Roy Stearns were.balloted for, but were “black balled,” jbecause they were too lazy to qualify.Mr. H. G. Panter, the accommo- 1dating and genial gentleman, who!has been carrying on the drug busi-!ness at the upper efld of Ninth street, ;will, in a few days, remove to the new'building three doors below the post- !office. Mr. Panter has the largest istock of drugs, patent medicines, jwines, liquor, oils, paints, glass, putty,;toilet goods, etc., etc., to betoundianywhere in the mountains.Mr. Baysie has sold out his meatirarkflt, ww* side awsn ie E, below the1j .| bakery, to Mr. J. A. Mayer, an ex: perienced butcher and an accomraoj dating gentleman. Mr. Mayer con- ij templates fitting up his shop in hand- j1 some style. He keeps on hand thej best and cheapest meat in town. See; his advertisement in another column.1 ! Mr. Edgely, the aged and sorrow -stricken father of the murdered prospectors, has become almost crazed jand completely broken down in con- j1 sequence of his great affliction. He jj has been carrying a revolver for the pur-I pose of revenge on the murderer of hisi sons, and while handling the weapon,; some time since, in Gunnison, accij dently shot himself through the hand, jI The First Presbyterian Church cf'Irwin was organized Tuesday night,j Rev. Jas. L. Meritt presiding. The' following officers were elected: Elders,j Messrs. Edward Copley and R. H.J Sloan, M. D.; trustees, Dr. E. C.! Reid, Capt. Lindley, F. S. Craven,I Walter H. Graves and Dr. Sloan.I One member was received on profes- j’ sion and eleven by letter* A constij tution for the church society was also[adopted. The society expects to]! build a church at once, and bids have 1j been invited. ;: Michael Toohey, better known in ii Peeler basin, where he has Ireen mining 1■j sll summer, as Burns, died one day}I last week. He -is supposed to haveI come from Connecticut, as he spoke; going there sometime before hedied, although the whereabouts of hisrelatives or immediate friends are not jknown by anybody here. He was in- jterested in several mining claims in!j Peeler basin. He died very suddenly j!of pnumonia, there being no one;present, as his comrads had come intoj[town after a physician, and on their I! return he was found dead.i Ihe following was found on a I; mining stake above the lake :NOTICE.The Seldom Fed Lode. \j I, the undersigned, have this dayi (by permission of Ruby Camp), 10-!1 rated the above named lode, lying in |: God-only-kuows what direction. I :; claim 7,500 feet in a hell-westerly di-ji reetiun, and 7,500 feet in a hell-east-!1 erly direction ; also 150 feet on eachi side of this stake in every direction,!! linear and horizontal measurement;!• also all dips, spurs and angles belong-;: ing to the kingdom of heaven, in each !j case made and- provided. Located J[this, the 12th day .of July, A. I). ISBO.I )avy Crockett,i From CavcteGulch, Pumpkin Hollow.! I. B. G. Amen.I, The following is an extract of a'letter that appeared in a Rochester ’!(N. Y.) paper sometime ago, written!!by a young man of that place, who I! !>as been in our camp all summer :i ■ This wili be a live camp, and is a;(great place for capital. A man to'! come here with $25,000 and brains, Iin a year could be worth from S2OO,- jj 000 to $500,000, and still retain hisjj brains. Next year the chances won’t;be so good, as there will be more capi- j1 tal here. Yesterday 1 could have; bought a mine for si,coo. To-dav it!; :s worth SIOO,OOO, simply because the! last blast threw out ruby silver. But!: such is life. There arc such chances;every day. I expect to bring some;i one up standing before I get out of I■ here.j♦ »What are you going to do for pro- 1visions in Irwin this winter ?” is often |; asked us, “the snow will certainly;blockade the roads and stop freight-!! ing for months.” The want of provisions does not excite us in the least,!j and we apprehend no blockading of! the roads or cessation of the transit!of freight, as man’s indomitable will |and poiyer can overcome obstacles !that appear insuperable. But our: merchan ts are preparing for any con-!j tingengy. Among the most active!; and foresighted is the firm of J. E. jPackard & Co., who yesterday re-'reived 50,000 pounds of groceries and !miners’ supplies, the first installmentof their winter’s stock. This firm. have just completed a handsome andj commodious store room on upper)street, where they are now offering a complete line of staple andfancy groceries at prices that wouldastonish you. Mr. Packard is an acj modating and experienced merchant ij from Chicago, Illinois, and is so con- ;nected in the east as to be able to buy ■j goods a great deal cheaper than most ii Colorado merchants, consequently- heI can offer better inducements to our.| consumers.j H. S. Haynes and Thos. Vassault[ are about finishing up their buildingson* upper Ninth street. They will betwo of the finest store houses in town.Messrs. Hurt & Evans were the contractors. ;* ,OUR DUMP.I Washington • Gulch Proviso s Rich DSslrid'But the My King Shown theBoss Specimen.Assay from the Earcka—Ceal CreekHeard Fi-oni—The Latest finij Carbonate City Mines.Sarny for a Patent—The Li tie Chief and iChiquka—Oilier Mining Matters.*IIGEO. WASHINGTONIs the patriotic name of a newclaim in Washington Gulch. Themine is being vigorously worked andhas a shaft down fifty feet. Some surface workings are also being made jupon which a new discovery has been ji made. It appears to be another vein ’i running parallel with the old one. jThe distance between the two veins isj about seventy-five feet. The new jj discovery shows a much larger bodv !jof mineral than the old. The ore is ji galena and mill runs 198 ounces of j! silver per ton. It is the property of i: Duncan 8: Gilkenson, and is a sure!enough bonanza.RUBY KING.The extension of the Forest Queenis now producing some finer ruby thanwe ever saw from the Queen. A piece j! of solid ruby as large as a man’s head jI was brought into our office (and taken! out again), last week, from the King.! It was a beauty, such as many men! would kneel before and worship. AI large dump of this mineral awaits the Icompletion of a road to the mine in jorder to be taken to the smelter. The j■ road will be completed in a few days, ii • 1! . ASSAYS 15,346.5 OUNCES.Ij The Eureka is proving itself to be ji one of the leading mines of the camp, i; Large quantities of ruby are being j! taken out from which the above assay jhas been made. The gentlemen who |; have this mine bonded hope to be :'able to take out enough ore beforej snow flies to pay off the bond. The' Eureka is on the same vein as 1? thei Ivanhoe, Ella and Fair View, all-big| bonanzas. jCOAL CREEK. jWe were shown last CYcuiugaspeci- imen of mineral from the Little juli- jc-tte, a new find near Coal creek, on .| which the' assessment work is just jj completed. Four feet from the sur- -I face assays from the luliett crave 20 ;I ' r t *: ounces. There are several promising 'j mines m the same locality, among;; which are the Iron King, Silver Belle, !, Red Rock, Jackie See and Golden ;! Gate. * jTHE CARBONATESOn Spring Greek seem to “holdtheir own,” and notwithstanding the!; the general stainoede from our neieh‘ jboring camps to the gold excitement; on the Coehetopc, the boys at Spring! creek are vigorously sinking on their1 carbonates. We have no advices as to j! any new strikes, but as we hear of no i}1 complaints, we imagine the carbonate !; hunters are well satisfied with the:; present developments of Spring creek, iLATER.I !j Jim May has struck eight feet of; carbonates, and a number of others,[ whose names we failed to learn, have .; also struck some very good leads.| The miners think the carbonatestrike may have been made too late ;I to do much toward development thb; year, but are confident of grand rej suits next season. Notwithstandingj this the boys are determined to pushI forward the work of development un- ■til driven away by snow.A PATENT.Frankeberger & Eaton have sur- jveyed the Galena Mountain Lode No. j1, for a patent, and are now drawing :a handsome plat of the property, jThese gentlemen have had consider- iable experience in this kind of busi- jness and are doing a good deal of itjat present. The mine above mention!ed is owned by the Bennett brothers,'! is situated on Cement creek and shews1a vein of galena three feet wide.LITTLE CHIEF.The surface workings on the eastend of this mine is producing somerich ruby silver, which is being storedaway in the commodious ore house recently completed. Machinery, pumps,etc., are expected here every day for.• the more extensive working of this)j valuable property. The Chief is shipi ping ore to the smelter.CHIQUITA.Messrs. Duncan & Gilkenson areworking a night and day shift on theCniquita, .and now have the shaft 1■ down fifty feet and are running a;number of levels from either side of!the Shaft. This mine is turning out!quite a quantity of ruby, native andwire silver, as well as silver glance, iwhich is being shipped to the smelter. !THE BLACK BESSj Lode, owned by James Lewis et al, in 1I 0,-Be-Joyful basin, has a quarts vein !. eighteen leet wide, the paystreakof!which is six feet wide. This is a verystrong vein and carries chlorides, iron jpyrites, and zinc.- iTHE FOREST QUEEN .Is wor! ing all the men it can con-!' veniently, and is making large ship- ij ments each day. . Seventy-five ori eighty men are on the pay roil of this '; mine, among whom are disbursed '1 $6,000 each month.j ’ !THE LITTLE FRANK,j Of Elk Mountain, discovered by| John L. Justice and others, is proving| to be a bonanza.! Major Chester showed us a very finei specimen of quartz carrying free goldthat was perceptible to the naked eye.It was from a claim thac he is inter-1ested in at the gold excitement knownas tiie Democrat lode. He is also ’interested in one known as the Chester jlode, which looks very promising.PERSONALRev. Jas. L. Merritt, of Poncha! Springs, preached at the Presbyterianj church last Sabbath.j Mr. Faycr, of the wholesale com[ mission house of Fayer & Harlow,j called upon us Sunday last.! G. U . Andrews, of New York state,i and more recently from Kansas, has; located in Irwin for the purpose ofpracticing law. Judge Stiles is asso; dated with him.F. W. Fuller, Esq., who has been: spending several weeks in Rosita forthe benefit of his health, returned toIrwin last Sunday, looking as heartyai.d robust as an old mountaineer.: Sheriff Yule stopped ail night in! Irwin last Friday night, being out on! the round-up for witnesses to appear| before the district court, which hasI been in session during the past week.j Messrs. W. H. Flagg, New York,H. A. Hurlbut, John A. Yale, C. H.! Lawrence, Chicago, and George K. |Lawrence, of Leadville, were in camp'; last week, looking at our mines.1 J. W. Smith Geo.. W. Voogt, iwho were connected with the Palace !; theatre from the time it opened, ;isevered their connections with thejsame last week, and left on Sunday!last for Leadville,W. A. Barnes, who has been in our1 town all summer, left this morning ji for Chicago, Iris old home. Billy!; enrolled his name on the books of the !jPilot, as a subscriber and told us hei would be back with the blue birds.I Miss Mattie Melrose, cf Goldfield,i lowa, the pleasant and pretty niece of IHon. Richard Irwin, is making her!| uncle a visit at his residence on the!•lake. We hope the young lady’s;visit will prove as enjoyable to her as ;we know it will to Mr. Irwin and his!; friends.% .H. M. Newton, traveling corres' nondent of the Denver -Tribune, liasI - i; been m camp two or three days, look-1ing at some of our mines. He has!been traveling throughout the whole iiGunnison country, and alter inyesti-l: gating the mjnes here he is confident;that any report that has gone abroad 1as to the richness of them, could!not have been exaggerated.1 Hon. E. B. Porter, of Nevada,[ lowa, having been in Ruby Camp the j: past three months examining the |mines and mining prospects, has be- j! come fully convinced that it is theI mining camp of Colorado, and havingsecured several interests in valuable, mines, goes east next week. He will! return in the spring with his family,mairing this his place of “business andhome.GOOD NEWS.Yerba Buena Bitters, the great Ca-!thartic and'Liver Regulator. ColoradoOintment, the King Healer and great: corrective of horses’ feet. ColoradoLiniment, for colic, rheumatism andpains. For sale, wholesale and retail,i by H. T. Pantkr, Upper Ninth street,;; Irwin. |° *5J Mr. Win. P. Rose received the foi- 1lowing letter from Mr. Van Osten,who is now at Spring Creek, pros-'pecting:Spring Crf.ek, Sept, r, iSSo.Mr. Rose: — Will be back as soonjas we get assessments worked on; claims. I think this is going to be a! good camp, but as the season is tootar spent, there v, ill not be much done' this tall. There is no dqubt in the| world but what we have genuine cari bor.ates here, and the whole formation| <>f the country is very similar in char! actor to that of Leadville, hence i: I| would be no very great surprise if atj any day, as development progresses, ii there should be uncovered a carbonatedeposit just as ru h as the most famous jof Leadvilie.11.I 1 . S.—Your claim, the Nora lode, j|is adjoining the one that JunMav!i made a strike of eight feet of carbo- (i nates. Respectfuliv,W. V. Van Osten. I♦ •i Mexico.—A good opportunity for j| any one wishing to take a pleasure, Ias well as profitable trip, will havean opportunity for a few days to cn- ji ter into such an enterprise.! Col. Isaiah Weston, an old timerwho served in the Mexican war twelve! months in the 3d Reg. Illinois Vols. ;: Also served in Capt. C. R. Wheel's ‘Mounted Vol. Co. as Sergeant, and !in !• Co. First Dragoons under P'jiiKearney, and was discharged in NewMexico after the war was over, andby this war under the treaty of Quadalupc Hidalgo, what was gained forthe United States, more wealth which'jis now being developed in Colorado,j New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona,!| than would pay all the national debt I! and make more millionaires than the |; world contains at the present time, in- 11 .hiding the wealth which was buried ;. 1; on Cortez raid: !| Now is the time for men to look t >i gaining a cornpentey for a rainy day :as the winter comes on here, and this jis the first year of the big excitement!all along the Rocky Mountain belt. !Anyjparty wishing to enter into an ex-.■ pedition of this nature will certainly)| find it lucrative, as we know from!| whence we speak. .The party will not j' need over three or five hundred dol-!i lars for the trip and return.I For further particulars inquire at ithis office.GOING EAST THIS FALL ?! Hundreds of people who rousti- i| tute Gunnison’s permanent residents ji and perhaps a thousand or two of our jI floating population, will spend at least ij a portion of the winter in the east.| Most of these will probably go throughj Denver, as a visit to our beautifulI capitol city is no less pleasant to an: ticipate than the sojourn among friends| “ back east ” itself. Denver, the mej tropolis ot tne Rocky Mountains, has! improved more wonderfully during j| ISSO than ever before, and is such ajnovel that thousands come from other j; lands to see it. It has the finest hotels, |; the most elegant residences, the largest jj stores and best stocks of merchandise iI to be found west of Chicago, and its jj superior railroad facilities should bej utilized by ail. Choice is there af-j; forded travelers of two great lines ji across the plains—the old Kansas Pa- jIcific railway to Kansas City, now'| known as the Kansas division of the 1j Union Pacific and the great Union jPacific overland route via Cheyenne jand Omaha. Their fast trains ofjPullman Palace Sleepers, Horton re- j; dining chair cars and elegant day jcoaches are models of safety and lux- iurv, and connect at Kansas City,Leavenworth and Omaha with someI thirty passenger trains running east! daily over fifteen great trunk lines,i 'i'iiose who go to Denver via Denver,j South Park & Pacific or Denver &Rio Grcnde make close connectionswith the Union and Kansas Pacificliiies, have the lowest possible ratesj and make the quickest and most comi fortable trip east.BUSINESS.j Money to loan on personal col- \j laterals, by J. J. Smith. Btf: Get you building done by Renshaw& Smith. They are practical workmen. [A full assortment of ladies’ shoes at •Shurtloff & CoLs. u-itFor Sale Cheap.—One lot andj two tents in Ruby.i a J. Q. A. King.The Union Restaurant, Mr. Tocn-'niges proprietor, is setting up meals at j:50 ctfnts each. He sets the best tablein town.People building will do well to inquire the price of nails at Shurtleff iV jCo’s., before purchasing. 1 i-it'•For Sale. —As I have two furnoces.g; and two sets of tools, will sell one j. furnace and set of tools, and all neces- j.I sary stock for a complete assay outfit.12 J. Q. A. King.S. Cuilom !c Co., Tenth street, Ir-ji win, Colo., have a full line of Boots'and Shoes, consisting of miners’ fall \stack, Calf Boots, Ladies’ Shoes, INewport Ties and fancy Slippers. 9We will not be undersold. We!mean just what we say. Call on us 1 ■I mrn, 1 . , rn mmrnat Tenth street. Invin, and price our: goods. We have a large and w. 11 se• lected stock of groceries, provisions,j California canned goods, hardware,tinware, crockery, table and pocketcutlery, tobaccos, cigars, notions,boots, and shoes, gents’ furnishing| goods, etc., etc.. Tenth street, Irwin,Colo. S. Cuilorn & Co. 9To persons visiting Gunnison Citywill do well by stopping at the CueninHouse, which has recently beenopened in West Gunnison, all newlyfurnished and everything first class.5-tf-All kinds of jewelry, watches, clocks,j'&c., at Matt. 1). Smith & P.ro’s., op-1 posite Post-office.j All assay work is guaranteed correct;at W. H. Underwood’s assay office,i Ninth street, above postoffice. s—tf! Are you in need of a carpenter ?j Well, see Renshaw, the man with specs.Go to Shurleff & Co’s., for yourI paints and oils. 11—itWatch repairing at Matt. D. Smith: N Pro’s., opposite Post-office. StfJewelry ! jewelry ! jewelry !! at! Matt. I>. Smith & Bros., opposite! Post-office.i Inquire at ShurtlefT & Co’s., forhardware, as he is selling at bottom; prices. 11-itMARKET REPORTS.The following wtre furnished ua by Mim XShurllcfi A Co:, Flour 08.00I C..rn mral 8-00II.IV S.tM. I’otatoo*, ]oclWf Mr»k Su to 25Hulling t-wf locIt* Writ “ lsc, OoKinnm 2l»c::ORDINANCE NO, 14.; CHAPTER VIII.Concerning the earning of Concealed Woaponj.I He it ordained by the Town Hoard c*f Trustee* of tha! Town nf l;wiu, Umm bon county, Colorado.If any j »• f."ii or jvrson* within the corporate If mite' of Irwin, m nil be b*und carrying concealed upon bisj or her pc*son, without hevinjj ohmined pci missionI fr* nt the mayor, any pi.lul, ln>wh*-kr,if«% dagger or; oMie r dra.Dy Fit: h person shall, up-on coiiTio-1 lion thivft.f, hi* Kneil ii* a in not le*» than five dollar-. nor more than fifty dollars,i’a-.o d at a me*: it.;: of the Hoard of Trustee*| of the town of Irwin, this 'd-Jtli »!av of August, 1880.K. !>. TKI-VOR, Mayor.• Geo. K. CekffWALL, Town (lerk,■Meat Market! •3V ST. J&.. MAYBE..1.Has always on Land a choice aup|>ly of■: rncsH beef, mutton. veal,I’OHK, F.I.K, VENISON,BEAK. GROUSE.SALT AND SMOKED MEAT.LITTER, EGGS LA^^Me. E, belowIlPRINTING!We art* uow prepared to prUei C'ARI>S,j RII.L IIFAI)#,LETTER HKADB.FINE ENVELOPES,NOTE: HKAM,TIME CHECK#,CERTIFICATE!,TLA CARDS,DIiPLA VIUEUAW VWiMtKit11W. A. Eckerly. Geo. Schmazried.W'.fAI.OL-IV.UOSAW MILL,ANDtSHIN GLESiBEST NATIVE LUMBER and SHINGLESFurnished on short notice atLowest Rates.[Saw MillSituated about one mile below Irwinon the Crested Butte road 7tfJ. P. DENHAM 4C. !L ROBERTS, ~Einbalmers andUndertakers.METAI.IC AND PLAIN CASES, COFFINS, U.Contractors and BuslJcrs.lEWIIsT, - ' - COLO.lluttor, Staiw WcKamil (HKYpfn soc |> AoaHum SiltKacua LOoFall sld*a Is*Ouioua